Upon hearing good news today, you may become ecstatic. Whatever the nature of the positive revelation, your joy can overwhelm you and thus distract you, blinding you to other issues unfolding in your environment. Consider that even as you are thrilled about individual elements of your experience, there are mundane aspects of life that deserve your attention. This can be a good time to remember your commitment to balance. As you celebrate today, keep in mind that the intensely upbeat emotions you are likely feeling may not last very long. If you prepare yourself in advance for this diminishment of sentiment, it will not come as a shock to you later on.

We serve ourselves well when we strive to maintain a balanced outlook whether we are confronting great joy or great sorrow. Intensely emotional circumstances can throw our lives for a loop, making us feel as if the world will never be the same again. But all situations, no matter how fraught with feeling, eventually wind down, becoming just another part of the status quo. When we make the most of our emotions while recognizing that our circumstances will eventually pass, we do our part to maintain the internal equilibrium we have worked so diligently to achieve. Little can put us off balance, absorbed as we are in the knowledge that stability can be everlasting if we let it. Since you do not allow your reactions to overwhelm you today, you can take pleasure in good news without disregarding other aspects of your existence.